Chapter 6: Explanations and lullabys
Ji-Hoo's P.O.V
In some ways she was better than I thought she'd be. She seemed calm on the outside, but I could see the slight panic in her eyes. I walked slowly up to her. Through my studies of medicine, I'd learned that most sick people liked to hear you sit down, or enter. It alerted them to your presence without scaring them. She turned to face me as I trotted slowly to her bedside.
"I suppose that you are Ji-Hoo sunbae?" Her voice was uncertain, weak. This was going to be hard to explain.
Ga Eul's P.O.V
He looked different than I'd expected. While the other members of the F4 had looked a bit aristocratic (minus Woo-Bin), this boy was different. He had strangely long redish blonde hair and was dressed completely in white. He had a rather calming feeling, as if you knew that you were in no danger from him. I automatically relaxed when he reached my bedside.
"Yes, I'm Yoon Ji-hoo." His voice was melodic, and soothing. "You don't remember do you?"
"I'm afraid not sunbae." I gave a grimace. "It seems I remember no one here. It's rather frustrating when you can't remember your friend's names, or what they look like, or their habits. It's annoying not to really know you guys." He gave a small smile, showing off perfect white teeth.
"You will regain your memories Ga Eul. It will take some time, but you'll get there. Don't worry, we'll help best we can." I felt a slight panic. I didn't go to Shinwa High. How was I supposed to contact them and learn if they weren't there?
Ji-Hoo's P.O.V
She was frustrated. That made sense, I could understand that.
"Would you like me to tell you some things about the others so that you know who they are a little better? I bet they haven't tried that you."
She grinned weakly, a sign she was feeling a little like herself at least. "No, Jan Di-ah tried to fill me in, but it was all so fast…" She winced rubbing her temples as if she had a migraine. I subtly pushed the button for more morphine to be added to her body.
"Alright, I'll tell you a little bit about everyone, so you aren't completely clueless when you get out of this place." She glanced around the hospital ward nervously. Obviously, she wasn't crazy about hospitals. Oh well, she'd have to deal with it for now.
"Please tell me sunbae!"
"Okay, okay." I chuckled slightly. She was quite eager wasn't she? "Let's start with Gu Jun Pyo."
"Was he the curly haired guy with Jan Di?" She queried. I nodded.
"He is heir to the Shinwa Group which is a vast and wealthy company. He's Jan Di's boyfriend. Believe me, that's been quite a project, keeping them together I mean. You helped, but you don't remember that do you?" She shook her head again, her thick hair swishing slightly. "Alright, I'll explain that later. Jun Pyo fell for Jan Di first, and started out by teasing her, tossing stuff in the pool to annoy her. Eventually he realized he liked her. Through a MASSIVE amount of obstacles, they are now together. Again. But god knows how much longer that will last until we have to intervene, again. They're a difficult couple, but worth it." I laughed out loud. As if the contest between Jun Pyo and I hadn't been hard enough. I decided not to mention that. She could learn that by herself.
"Now, we move to Song Woo bin." She gave a full-fledged grin now.
"He is my friend! Woo bin sunbae is very nice. He promised I'd get my memories back, and that he'd help me all he could!" Woo bin sure made an impression. "He is a very good friend Ji-hoo sunbae."
"As I was saying," I gave her a teasing grin as she looked at me slightly guilty. "Woo bin is the son and heir to an airline company." I turned and looked around making sure no one else was in the tiny ward. "And, don't tell a soul that I said this, not even Jan Di, but he is also Prince Song of the Korean Mafia. He can fight well, and is sort of the mediator between all of us, when we lose our common sense."
Ga Eul's P.O.V
I had a hard time believing the boy in front of me ever lost his senses. He seemed so calm and rational.
"Woo bin is a Dan Juan of the F4, a ladies man. But, he lets them know what they're getting into don't worry. He has yet to break someone's heart." I had to think about that. I couldn't think of my friend as a ladies man. That seemed more like the boy with the black hair's style. "Woo bin is kind, and has formed the few successful plans we've had to solve some interesting issues." I gave another nod as I processed the information I'd been given so far.
"Now, we can talk of So Yi Jung."
"Wasn't he the boy who was sitting here when I opened my eyes? He seemed so sad when I said I couldn't remember him…"
"Yeah, that was him. He tends to bottle up his emotions, and when he cracks, he sort of lets it all out at once. The other week he got too drunk due to a major breakdown and some people at the bar beat him up before Woo bin came to the rescue, attacking the men who'd assaulted his best friend. Woo bin and Yi Jung are very close. The people at the bar had broken Yi Jung's hand."
"Oh, is he alright now? Is his hand better?"
"No, and yes in that order." He replied mysteriously. My head pounded hard as I tried to remember all I had learned so far. "Don't push yourself do hard Ga Eul. Let it flow naturally. Everything will come back given time." I sighed.
"Please continue sunbae."
"Since his hand was broken, that is a large problem. He creates marvelous pots out of clay. But you need two hands to mold, and he has given up on that now. Clay work was his life, and he has now given that up, defeated." I opened my mouth to protest.
"I won't let him! I won't allow him to give up! If it is his passion, then he should continue following it, have patience with his hand, and then work hard to get back to where he was! He mustn't give up!" Sunbae chuckled.
"You've said that to him before you know. He was quite astounded when you all but yelled it at him. But, anyway, he was quite close to you out of the F4. You went on a fake date together to help get Jan Di and Jun Pyo together. And, it worked. Yi Jung has a complicated family. His mother is in an asylum as her husband continually cheated on her, philandering away until her mind snapped. She now calls Yi Jung a lot threatening to kill herself if he doesn't do something. As if he could do anything to stop his father…"
"He can't stand up to his father?"
"Yi Jung is the heir of the So art collections. His older brother would have been the heir, but he ran off abandoning Yi Jung and making his own little café."
"So Yi Jung sunbae really does have a complex life…" I murmured. "No wonder he seemed so stressed when he was he earlier." Ji-hoo shifted uncomfortably in his seat before he continued.
"Yi Jung is a ladies man as well as Woo bin. He goes for women more his age while Woo bin likes older women. He has left many a broken heart, no matter if he lets the girls know what they are in for or not. But, he is a good and loyal friend, and I wouldn't trade him for the world, even if I could punch him sometimes for being so ridiculous." I gave a giggle.
"You haven't mentioned yourself sunbae." I pointed out.
Ji-hoo's P.O.V
"I'm not that important. I'm the quiet boy in the corner who sleeps a lot and reads. I have mastered quite a few instruments, though my favorites are the violin and the piano." I gestured to my violin case on a chair opposite me. "I can fall asleep anywhere, and sometimes I'm the voice of reason to my friends." I decided I'd spit it out. Everyone else knew anyway. "I used to be in love with Jan Di." Not that I wasn't now, but no one needed to know that.
"Ah. Sunbae, can you play your violin for me?" Her voice was quiet and pleading. Her eyes looked tired.
"Alright Ga Eul, I'll play for you." I gently lifted my guitar out of its case, and swiftly tuned it. As she watched on, eyes open in eagerness, I began to play.
Soon, the sound of Brahm's lullaby filled the room with its gentle tune. Ga Eul closed her eyes to sway gently to the melody. She hummed slightly, before her voice grew quiet, and she leaned back on her bed. After I played the last note, I gazed up to see the sleeping figure of Chu Ga Eul.